Title 19 — Title 19 — Counties and County Officers

Collection of installments - Limitation of actions. The first installment of the assessment, together with interest upon the whole assessment from the date of the passage of the assessing resolution to the first day of the next September, shall be due and payable in cash on or be…

The assessments provided for and levied pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1230 through 1262 of this title shall be payable as the installments become due, together with the interest on said installments, to the county clerk who shall give proper receipts for such payments an…

Judgments - Surety bond or deposit. Any holder of any road improvement bond issued pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1230 through 1262 of this title shall have the right to institute, in the name of the county issuing such bond, an action in the district court of the county …

All penalties for delinquent taxes, including penalties on special assessments and the interest of bonds for paving or other special assessment bonds, over and above the amount specified in the face thereof, shall be and become the property of the county and shall be collected by…

commissioners. No suit shall be sustained to set aside any assessment, or to contest the area of assessment, or to enjoin the board of county commissioners from levying or collecting any such assessment, or installment thereof, or interest or penalty thereon, or issuing the bonds…

Upon the completion of the improvement, the board of county commissioners shall determine whether or not such work has been completed in accordance with the plans, profiles, specifications and contract therefor, and if found to be in compliance therewith shall accept the same, an…

or lanes - Application of act. In all cases where the board of county commissioners shall deem it necessary to pave, construct, macadamize, chat or gravel, curb, gutter, drain or otherwise improve any road, street, avenue, alley, lane or any part thereof, which shall have been he…

improvement - Amount - Repair of improvements. Upon acceptance by the board of county commissioners of said improvements, and before the final payment of the contract price, the board of county commissioners of any county shall require the contractor performing such work to make …

The board of county commissioners of any county, after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the publication of the assessing resolution, within which period the whole of any assessment may be paid without interest, may provide by resolution for the issuance of negotiable bonds…

contractor. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds pursuant to the provisions of Section 1257 of this title shall be deposited in separate accounts established for each improvement and disbursed only for the cost associated with the respective improvement. Payment to the contrac…

The owner or holder of any road improvement bonds heretofore or hereafter issued by any county in the State of Oklahoma for the payment of road or street improvements in any such county shall register such bond with the county clerk or appointed agent of such county by presenting…

special assessments - Presentment for payment - Endorsement - Cancellation. Whenever the outstanding bonds in any series issued for the payment of road or street improvements in any district have been registered in accordance with the provisions of Section 1259 of this title, all…

bond receipt as payment - Discharge of liens. In the event any such road or street improvement assessment, or installments thereof, paid by endorsement upon such bonds, as provided in Section 32 of this act, are delinquent and in the hands of the county treasurer of the county, f…

Any transferee or assignee of any such bonds, from a registered owner or holder thereof, shall be bound by any payments and discharges made prior to the registration of his transfer and in pursuance of the provisions hereof. Added by Laws 1978, c. 208, § 34, eff. Jan. 1, 1979.

The provisions of Sections 1230 through 1262 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall apply only to road improvement districts. Added by Laws 1979, c. 27, § 1, emerg. eff. April 3, 1979.

Upon the filing of a petition with the board of county commissioners for a change in boundaries of any road improvement district, signed by a majority of the assessed members of the existing road improvement district, the board of county commissioners shall cause notice to be pub…

All counties in the State of Oklahoma are hereby authorized to issue bonds in accordance with the provisions of this act for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, leasing or operating water facilities, reservoirs or projects as defined in Section 1085.32 of Title 82 of the Okla…

A. Upon the adoption of a resolution by a majority of the board of county commissioners or upon a petition to the board of county commissioners signed by twenty percent (20%) of the qualified voters of the county as determined by the last general election, the board of county com…

of proceeds. A. If at the election three-fifths (3/5) of the voters voting thereon shall vote in favor of the issuance of water facility or reservoir general obligation bonds, the board of county commissioners shall proceed at once with the issuing of the bonds and shall deposit …

Bonds issued as provided in this act shall be made payable and be issued as provided by law in the Registered Public Obligations Act of Oklahoma, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed ten percent (10%), per annum. Added by Laws 1982, c. 327, § 4, emerg. eff. June 1, 1982. Amen…

It shall be the duty of the officers charged by law with the levying of taxes for county purposes to levy annually an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest due each year on the bonds issued pursuant to this act. Added by Laws 1982, c. 327, § 5, emerg. eff. June 1, 1…

The following shall be substantially the form for every petition, or petitions, filed with the Governor, asking that an election be called for the purpose of creating such new county, or detaching territory from one county, for the purpose of adding same to another; provided, tha…

Training - Creation - Membership. There is hereby re-created, to continue until July 1, 2026, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Commission on County Government Personnel Education and Training, hereinafter called the "Commission". The Commission sh…

The duties of the Commission shall be: 1. To oversee a professional development program for training Oklahoma county commissioners, county clerks, county treasurers, county assessors, court clerks, their deputies and employees, county sheriffs, excise board members, candidates fo…

The President of Oklahoma State University or his or her designee shall serve as chair of the Commission on County Government Personnel Education and Training. After the first meeting, the Commission shall meet as it deems necessary or when called by the chair or by any three mem…

A. The Cooperative Extension Service is hereby authorized to create advisory boards as they deem necessary. Members of such advisory boards shall be appointed by the Cooperative Extension Service and shall include, but shall not be limited to, county government officials and appr…

The objectives of each education and training program, as developed by the Commission in consultation with the advisory boards and administered through the Cooperative Extension Service at Oklahoma State University, shall include, but shall not be limited to: 1. Encouraging the p…

A. 1. Any professional or clerical support staff required by the Commission on County Government Personnel Education and Training shall be provided through the Cooperative Extension Service. 2. The training programs developed pursuant to Section 130.1 et seq. of this title shall …

programs and educational seminars - Expenses. A. Each county commissioner, county clerk, county treasurer, and court clerk holding office on May 11, 1982, and those elected thereafter and the deputies of such elected county officers shall be required to participate in the appropr…

Each county may develop and maintain a formal plan for vacation and sick leave for all regular employees. No person chosen by election or appointment to fill an elective office shall be subject to any leave plan, nor shall such person be eligible for accrual of any leave benefits…

Each county or city-county health department may establish a Wellness Council to develop a wellness program for its employees. Participation in the program shall be available to all full-time employees. The Wellness Council shall establish determining factors in order to monitor …

office - Limitation on running for other office. A. At the general election to be held in November 1974, there shall be elected in each county of the state, a court clerk, a county sheriff, and a county clerk who shall hold office for a term of two (2) years, the terms of the cou…

offices. A. To file as a candidate for any county office, a person must have been a registered voter and have maintained a current principal residence within the county for the six-month period immediately preceding the first day of the filing period prescribed by law. B. To file…

No person shall be eligible to any county office unless he shall be, at the time of his election or appointment, a qualified voter of the county. R.L. 1910, § 1549.

A. Every county officer, except as may otherwise be provided in this chapter, shall keep the office and records at the county seat. However, a county officer may establish an additional office or additional offices at any location within the county. A county employee who is emplo…

19 O.S. § 134 Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 211, § 7

19 O.S. § 134a Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 211, § 7

§19-134b-1. Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 211, § 7.

19 O.S. § 134c Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 211, § 7

19 O.S. § 134d Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 211, § 7

19 O.S. § 134e Repealed by Laws 1961, p. 211, § 7

19 O.S. § 135 Repealed by Laws 1943, p. 78, § 43

19 O.S. § 135a Repealed by Laws 1943, p. 78, § 43

19 O.S. § 135b Repealed by Laws 1943, p. 78, § 43

19 O.S. § 135c Repealed by Laws 1943, p. 78, § 43

19 O.S. § 135d Repealed by Laws 1943, p. 78, § 43

The county clerk in each county of this state shall keep their offices open during the same hours as other county officers in such county; but, so that the public may know when their needs at such offices may be served, after the secular days and respective hours thereof have bee…

This section, derived from Laws 1961, p. 226, § 1, relating to public defenders for counties of 24,727 to 60,000 population, was held to violate Const. Art. 5, § 51, by State v. Lynch, Okla., 796 P.2d 1150 (1990).

The position of public defender shall be filled by appointment of the board of county commissioners with an attorney authorized to practice law in this state and who has been recommended by the district attorney and the judges of the courts of record of such county. The public de…

Any elected county officer of counties of three hundred thousand (300,000) population or over may purchase liability insurance coverage not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) to pay all losses and damages incurred by an action against such officer, arising out of any a…